HC Deb 28 July 1897 vol 51 cc1367-71

Considered in Committee.

(In the Committee.)

1. Resolved, That it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March 1896, and the statement appended thereto, as follows, viz.:—

  1. (a.) That the gross expenditure for certain Navy Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £59,302 15s. 9d., as shown in Column No. 1 of the Schedule hereto appended; while the gross expenditure for other Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £216,845 6s. 11d., as shown in Column No. 2 of the said appended Schedule, so that the gross actual expenditure for the whole of the Navy Services fell short of the gross estimated expenditure by the net sum of £157,542 11s. 2d.;
  2. (b.) That the receipts in aid of certain Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £28,570 10s.11d., as shown in Column No. 3 of the said appended Schedule; while the receipts in aid of other Navy Services exceeded the

SCHEDULE.
Number of Vote. Navy Services, 1895–6. Votes. Gross Expenditure. Appropriations in Aid.
Excesses of Actual over Estimated Gross Expenditure. Surpluses of Estimated over Actual Gross Expenditure. Deficiencies of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts. Surpluses of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts.
1. 2. 3. 4.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 … Wages, etc., of Officers, Seamen and Boys, Coast Guard and Royal Marines … … … … 73,060 13 8 … 1,420 16 4
2 … Victualling and Clothing for the Navy … … … 489 6 2 … 28,514 7 9
3 … Medical Establishments and Services … 9,975 11 9 … 657 6 6
4 … Martial Law … … … 85 2 6 … … 31 3 9
5 … Educational Services … … … … 875 13 6 … 684 9 6
6 … Scientific Services … … … 1,231 12 11 … … 45 3 8
7 … Royal Navy Reserves … … … … 11,665 9 1 … 153 11 5
8 … Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, etc.:
Sec. 1 … Personnel … … … … 1,893 15 5 … 145 16 7
Sec. 2 … Materiel … … … … 4,111 8 9 … 20,243 6 6
Sec. 3 … Contract Work …. … … 2,347 8 11 … … 18 11 0
9 … Naval Armaments … … … 24,869 14 0 … … 8,154 5 0
10 … Works, Buildings and Repairs at Home and Abroad … … … … 99,097 11 7 … 2,301 4 1
11 … Miscellaneous Effective Services … 12,848 14 2 … … 689 8 0
12 … Admiralty Office … … … … 4,032 14 9 … 1 3 2
13 … Half-Pay, Reserved and Retired Pay … 12,132 8 5 46 6 6
14 … Naval and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and Compassionate Allowances … … … 8,885 10 3 … … 66 11 11
15 … Civil Pensions and Gratuities … 6,829 1 9 … 9 16 8
16 … Additional Naval Force for Service in Australasian Waters … … 42 16 0 … … 177 0 0
Amount written off as irrecoverable 1,673 9 1
59,302 15 9 216,845 6 11 28,570 10 11 34,789 17 5
Net Surplus, £157,512 11 2 Net Surplus, £6,219 6
Surplus surrendered to the Exchequer … £163,761 17 8

estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £34,789 17s. 5d., as shown in Column No. 4 of the said appended Schedule; so that the total actual receipts in aid of the Grants for Navy Services exceeded the total estimated receipts by the net sum of £6,219 6s. 6d.;

(c.) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Navy Services and the net expenditure are as follows,

viz.:— £. s. d.
Total Surpluses 242,540 18 6
Total Deficits 78,779 0 10
Net Surplus £163,761 17 8

2. That the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application, in reduction of the net charge on Exchequer Grants for certain Navy Services, of the whole of the sums received in excess of the estimated Appropriations in Aid, in respect of the same Services; and have also temporarily authorised the application of so much of the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Navy Services as is necessary to cover the said total deficits on other Grants for Navy Services.

3. That the application of such sums be sanctioned.

4. That it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March 1896, and the statement appended thereto, as follows, viz.:—

  1. (a.) That the gross expenditure for certain Army Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £76,290 Gs. 5d., as shown in Column No. 1 of the Schedule hereto appended while the gross expenditure for other Army Services fell short of the Estimate of such expenditure by a total suns of £242,675 10s. 6d., as shown in Column No. 2 of the said. appended Schedule, so that the gross actual expenditure for the whole of the Army Services fell short of the gross estimated expenditure by the net sum of £166,385 4s. id.;
  2. (b.) That the receipts in aid of certain Army Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £51,338 16s. 3d., as shown in Column No. 3 of the said appended Schedule; while the receipts in aid of other Army Services exceeded the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £69,518 17s. 3d., as shown in Column No. 4 of the said appended Schedule, so that the total

SCHEDULE.
No. of Vote. Army Services, 1895–6. Votes. Gross Expenditure. Appropriations in Aid.
Excesses of Actual over Estimated Gross Expenditure. Surpluses of Estimated over Actual Gross Expenditure. Deficiencies of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts. Surpluses of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts.
1. 2. 3. 4.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 Pay, etc., of Army (General Staff, Regiments, Reserve, and Department … … … … … 38,853 2 1 47,922 14 10
2 Medical Establishments: Pay, etc. … 1,599 16 4 … 47 8 1
3 Militia: Pay and Allowances … … 26,921 0 11 … 860 13 5
4 Yeomanry Cavalry: Pay and Allowances … … … … 4,987 16 3 … 9 13 6 …
5 Volunteer Corps: Pay and Allow … … … … 7,997 7 7 … … 95 11 4
6 Transport and Remounts … … 2,282 5 9 … 381 10 7 …
7 Provisions, Forage, and other Supplies … … … … … 89,591 0 8 … 1,658 16 6
8 Clothing Establishments, and Services … … … … 43,685 11 1 … … 14,475 11 9
9 Warlike and other Stores: Supply and Repair … … … … … 40,020 8 7 … 43,029 8 5
10 Works, Buildings, and Repairs: Cost, including Superintending Establishment … … … … 39,899 16 11 2,942 10 6 …
11 Military Educational Establishments: Pay and Miscellaneous Charges … … … … 1,892 12 5 … … 8,631 7 9
12 Miscellaneous Effective Services … … 2,079 0 2 … 51 3 4
13 War Office: Salaries and Miscellaneous Charges … … … … 921 5 0 … 72 16 8
14 Non-effective Charges for Officers, etc. … … … … 13,560 8 3 … … 596 0 0
15 Non-effective Charges for Men, etc. … 2,789 19 10 65 9 5
16 Superannuation, Compensation, and Compassionate Allowances 1.522 9 9 … 16 17 7 …
Balances irrecoverable … … 361 14 6
76,290 6 5 242,675 10 6 51,338 16 5 69,518 17 3
Net Surplus, £166,385 4 1 Net Surplus, £18,180 0 10
Surplus surrendered to the Exchequer … £184,565 4 11

Resolutions to he reported To-morrow.

actual receipts in Aid of the Grants for Army Services exceeded the total estimated receipts by the net sum of £18,180 Os. 10d.;

(c.) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Army Services and the net expenditure are as follows, viz.:—

£ s. d.
Total Surpluses 253,273 10 3
Total Deficits 68,708 5 4
Net Surplus £184,565 4 11

5 That the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application, in reductions of the net charge on Exchequer Grants for certain Army Services, of the whole of the sums received in excess of the estimated appropriations in aid, in respect of the same Services, and have also temporarily authorised the application of so much of the said total surpluses oil certain grants for Army Services as is necessary to cover the said total deficits on other Grants for Army Services.

6. That the application of such sums be sanctioned.